Fiji Airways Men's National 7s Team Captain Paula Dranisinukula was part of the 28 Captains that assembled today for the official launch of the Cape Town 7s.
This, following reports by the dailies that Dranisinukula is injured and Tuwai is likely to take over as captain.
Speaking from South Africa, Coach, Gareth Baber says this is all rumour and speculation.
Fiji is the defending champion in the men’s competition.
We will open our campaign against USA at 6.35am this Saturday, we take on South Africa in our second pool match at 12.51am Sunday while our final pool match against Japan is at 6.35am Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Fijiana 7s Team’s first pool match is against Russia at 2.28am this Saturday, they will face New Zealand in their second pool match at 9.35pm Saturday and play South Africa in their last pool match at 3.03am Sunday.
The Cup quarterfinals start at 10.18pm Sunday while the Cup semifinals kick off at 1.39am next Monday.
The Cup final will kick off at 5.56am Monday.
The Fiji Men’s Team is currently in 9th place on the HSBC World 7s Series standings with 8 points while the Fijiana 7s Team is in 8th place with 10 points.
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